Tuesday, 1 October 2013

In 2013 the NSW Adult Literacy & Numeracy Council (NSW ALNC) hosted the ACAL conference - for details and presentations go to theconference website.8 conference themes ran through the conference:

Creating educational pathways

Developing the L and N workforce

Interrogating theories and policies

Embedding LLN in VET

Working with VET products

Improving people's lives (Tuesday only)

Strengthening communities (Wednesday only)

Innovative learning environments

The preliminary findings of the 2011/2012 international adult literacy survey – PIAAC (Programme of International Assessment of Adult Competence) have just been released by the Australian Bureau of Statistics. Australia was one of 26 countries that participated in this survey, and leading educational groups are already highlighting the ‘alarming’ findings and their implications for the skills of educational providers to improve adult literacy and numeracy levels. In recent years education policy researchers have analysed how the findings from international surveys undertaken by the OECD (such as PIAAC) have translated into national adult literacy and numeracy policies and hence to the content and delivery of local adult literacy and numeracy programmes.

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The NSW Adult Literacy & Numeracy Council is the peak professional body representing teachers, workers and others interested in the field of adult literacy and numeracy. It was established in the late 1970s and is affiliated with the Australian Council of Adult Literacy (ACAL).

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Pre-conference Reading 2015

"LLN practices are constantly changing for everyone due to broader technological, workplace and cultural changes, as well as changes in the individual’s life circumstances and choices. In other words, LLN are foundational resources that need to be embedded in all forms and levels of the lifelong and lifewide learning spectrum."